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After rolling out an enhanced channel partner program designed to help security-focussed partners grow their businesses, Symantec Corp. has held its very first Symantec Partner Engage 2015 Conference for security partners in Singapore this week. Aimed to Excite, Engage and Empower the partner community, Symantec Partner Engage 2015 Conference was attended by 170 most valued and strategic partners from across Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ). “Symantec has always been a partner-driven company, and it will continue to be even more as we focus on information security. Our partners have played a critical role in driving business success and contributing positively to customers across the Asia-Pacific and Japan region. We look forward to working with our partners, as we advance security together and take a stand to keep information safe,” said Sanjay Rohatgi, Senior Vice-President, Asia-Pacific and Japan, Symantec... Read more

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   With Internet traffic rapidly growing among new waves of Cloud, mobile, video and machine-to-machine applications,  Cisco(NASDAQ:CSCO)  has introduced the  Cisco Network Convergence System (NCS)  to serve as the foundation of adaptable Internet. By deploying the Cisco NCS, global service providers can create new revenue streams, simplify operations and deliver personalized experience to their customers. The NCS is designed to facilitate Internet of Everything (IoE) events, which can be ongoing "conversations" creating strings of interactivity between people, applications and devices, such as wearable health monitors linking with personal information and cloud-based health portals or 4G LTE-connected automobiles signalling that a driver is almost home, prompting the home network to adjust home temperature and lighting. Sanjay Rohatgi, Managing Director, Service Provider Sales, Cisco India and SAARC , state...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Cisco has issued results of the annual Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast (2011-16), the company's ongoing initiative to forecast and analyze Internet Protocol (IP) networking growth and trends worldwide. The VNI Forecast update covers 2011-2016, and quantitatively projects the significant amount of IP traffic expected to travel public and private networks, including Internet, managed IP, and mobile data traffic generated by consumers and business users.  This year, Cisco has also developed a new complementary study, the Cisco VNI Service Adoption Forecast, which includes global and regional residential, consumer mobile, and business services growth rates.  Sanjay Rohatgi, Senior Vice-President, Service Provider, Cisco India & SAARC, said, "The Internet plays a pivotal role, for emerging countries like India, to address its ambitions. The findings from the Cisco Visual Networking Index report, project a ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE With the Indian Government approving the ordinance on pan-India digitization of cable network by 2014, Cisco has announced that it is betting big on the cable market in the country and sees tremendous potential for its Service Provider (telco) business. The key focus of Cisco's Service Provider division is to enable service providers to monetize their investments in technology and drive new revenue streams without incurring additional capital expenditure. The proposed digitization will help cable operators in India to transform into lifestyle-experience providers and help enable services like residential TV, HDTV, gaming, digital video recording, video on demand and future "connected home" services to retail consumers. Sanjay Rohatgi, Sr. Vice-President, Service Provider, Cisco India & SAARC, said, "The onset of digitization would help the cable service provide sector enhance quality of services and increase their sub...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Cisco has announced that Sanjay Rohatgi has been appointed as Senior Vice-President - Sales and the leader for Cisco's Service Provider business across the India and SAARC region. In this role, Sanjay will lead the telecom vertical business for Cisco, driving the overall growth strategy and sales operations for this high priority sector. Sanjay will focus on IP-NGN (Internet Protocol - Next-Generation Networks), mobility solutions, adoption and on driving traction for Cisco's data center and cloud computing platform, collaboration solutions, video technologies for customers in this vertical. His mandate also includes the partner and go-to-market models to help Cisco's key customers in the vertical create and take to market, unique and differentiated value-added services, based on Cisco technology. Commenting on Sanjay's appointment, Naresh Wadhwa, President & Country Manager, Cisco India & SAARC, said, "We are de...